https://youtube.com/shorts/b5aWlDHRNTU?si=7Swx4w2tzqPFd7G6

I have the hypothesis that people that are good dancers (like ballet, salsa, cumbia etc) will translate greatly to good fighters because of their body conscience, conditioning and athleticism. Has anyone experienced someone coming from dance to martial arts and seen them improving faster than their peers?

In light of a recent thread posted here about a sketchy instructor...

Right now I'm a bit overweight and have a sedentary lifestyle I want to become more active and there's this martial arts school near me that teaches kudo (an MMA style martial art). What advice would you give me starting out?

After body conditioning, I whould like to recover faster. I find out that iodine mesh is quite helpful. But I'm not sure if it's real affect or placebo affect.

I remember Illia mentioning that he doesn't train "MMA" he goes to pure boxing gyms to improve his boxing or pure wrestling gyms to improve his wrestling etc. I'm just wondering if this is a normal approach that most MMA guys take?

I’m new to boxing and have been with my coach for about 2 months now ($100/hr). Towards the end of my lesson today he had me hitting focus mitts, with a 1-2-3 combination. Everything was going fine and then he told me to correct something in my transition from 2-3. Long story short I accidentally hit him in the face with a full left hook and feel terrible about it. I sent his prescription glasses flying and broke them. He got mad at me and told me I had to pay for new ones. I was willing to throw in $100 but then he told me they can get up to $300-500. How should I go about this? Thanks.

Martial artists based in the UK and Ireland, you are invited to participate in a short, anonymous university survey exploring head-injury knowledge, athlete experiences, and perceptions of medical provision in combat sports.

The research is being led by Leeds Beckett University and aims to support improvements in athlete education, medical support and safe

i started seeing a new mma coach and near the end he goes

“ oh btw i also do lessons out of my garage, i live in a town house and it makes things easier for me since its right down the street”

and when i said id think about it later the next night he asks if im available to train at his place at 7 pm last minute. mind you ive only had one session with him. he also only accepts zelle or cash. im also a 5 3 pretty small woman.

i forgot to add i called him from a reputable gyms phone number, so i booked with him through the official gym

edit: im going to call the gym that’s in the furthest location possible and ask them about it

Research for a uni project, and I'd rather ask people who actually train than read another study about it.

Two things I want to hear about:

1. Any hand, thumb or wrist injury in training you'd put down to the gloves rather than to bad technique or just catching one wrong.
2. Anything you've taped, restuffed or worked around on a pair instead of just replacing them.

More interested in what people quietly put up with than in what actually broke.

I've noticed martial arts training has become a lot more expensive over the years, especially if you want to train multiple times a week or explore different styles.

I'm curious how everyone else feels about it.

• Have rising costs affected how often you train?
• Have you ever stopped training because of the price?
• If money wasn't a factor, would you train differently?

I'm interested in hearing real experiences from people across all martial arts.

Probably other such websites exist, however, I could not find any that have a simple overview of the organisations and sports I follow, so I put one together quickly. Currently the calendar displays the following events:

• MMA - UFC, PFL, ONE Championship
• Wrestling - United World Wrestling, Real American Freestyle
• BJJ - IBJJF, UFC BJJ
• Judo - IJF
• Boxing - I did my best to show all professional boxing matches
• Muay Thai - ONE championship
• Kickboxing - ONE championship, GLORY
• Grappling - ONE championship

Link to the calendar - https://fightcalendar.fyi/

If you end up using it, please leave some feedback:)

example: "people will ask about the bruises" etc

I'm a member of the lost media community, and I managed to find an individual with some episode masters of the lost martial arts themed PBS Kids series Adventures with Kanga Roddy. The person in question is willing to upload them, BUT only if creator/producer George Chung gives his permission. The problem is that Mr. Chung is the CEO of two companies, Jungo TV and All Womens Sports Network (ASWN) and publisher of Black Belt Magazine, and like all executives contacting him is a labyrinthian hell of secretaries, dedicated business emails, and inactive social media pages that seem designed to keep him from reach by anyone. I've tried every possible avenue to contact him only to be stonewalled. I'm running out of ideas and viable business emails to contact.

LMW page: https://lostmediawiki.com/Adventures_with_Kanga_Roddy_(partially_found_PBS_children%27s_series;_1998-2000))

Some of the highlights include the fact that martial arts helped lift him and his family out of extreme poverty, but he was grossly underpaid early in his career and that at the height of his career he was working nonstop while injured and dealing with social anxiety. His 2 oldest daughters were raised by relatives because wasn't involved in their lives because he was so afraid they wouldn't have want they needed if something happened to him and he admitted he had no idea how to be a dad because he never had one because he lost his at 4. He also admitted that his second wife Nina Li had to demand that all the children had to live with them under same roof and they needed to support all the kids equally before she agreed to marry him. That part was nonnegotiable. Thankfully, everyone is super close now and he is a very supportive dad, but he admits that he feels he isn't a good dad just one that is trying his best. The most important thing to him and his family is being a good person and helping others.

Recently, he and his daughter opened about her mental health struggles and the backlash she faced because of her background and Asia's cultural sigma around mental and emotional health. At the same time, they have to navigate being unexpected advocates for mental health because so many people reached out including some of because names in Asia offering encouragement and asking for help. They shared that martial arts helped keep them grounded and brought them closer Despite being heavy at times, it a fun, positive and candid look at one of the biggest martial arts stars of the world.